Caffrey's Premium Irish Ale
Molson Coors UK in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.17
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"A smooth, creamy ale." Introduced in 1994 as a 4.8% Irish Ale by Bass at Caffrey’s Ulster brewery, and promoted strongly with an advertising campaign of "strong words softly spoken". Interbrew took over in 2000, soften the recipe and attempted to catch the lager market, using a new promotion of "a storm brewing". Coors acquired the brand in 2002. Initially contract brewed by Interbrew for Coors at Ulster, the brand eventually moved to Coor’s Tower Brewery in Tadcaster.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
[Nitro can] This beer has a sweet aroma with notes of roasted malt, yeast, caramel, and fruit. The color is amber and it has the dense nitro-head - a beutiful head - but in my opinion cheating. The mouthfeel is extremely soft due to the nitrogen. The flavor is of Caffrey - there is something unique - though on my tastebuds not that interesting about Caffreys flavor. If I should describe it; very sweet and malty - from a weird malt blend bringing out notes of caramel, roasted bread, fruit, and yeast. The end has an OK bitterness that lingers on the tongue together with notes of the roasted malt. The body is thin. Not a favorite with me.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2003
at 14:34
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Rather sweet and watery. Does have a cream taste, but so what, so do many other beers. This really takes the style of a dry stout, lightens the flavor and keeps the body. Low ABV dosent help the cause either. I am being too harsh though, it's not like this is a bad beer to drink, just nothing special.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2002
at 13:31